HTML and Unicode chars - inconsistent rendering on Android

DeonLengton — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:15:50 GMT

I am using HTLM with Unicode characters to "beautify" my surveys and I have noticed that on Android specifically there seems to be a problem:

In Connect my example looks like this:

So its nice because you get a "picture" or icon effect without the overhead...

Now on the Windows Survey123 app it looks like this:

Still looks quite the same, right?

Ok now lets see what Android does with this form:

I am okay with the unicode being rendered to look differently - but the positioning is all wrong...

Any ideas would be appreciated - but I think i'm on my own with this one 😞

p.s I tried all kinds of tricks - from putting it in an html table etc etc... nothing works

Re: HTML and Unicode chars - inconsistent rendering on Android

JamesTedrick — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 20:43:44 GMT

Hi Deon,

Unfortunately, each OS maker is free to implement emojis based on their specifications; in the case of Automobiles (https://emojipedia.org/automobile/), it appears Google is rather unique in its implementation. The same goes for how the characters align in text - it looks like Google doesn't treat it as a full height character...

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